Etymology

Ray-Bans

Today it means: Luxury sunglasses of the Ray-Ban brand. Full definition →

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From Ray-Ban + -s, from ray + ban, derived from the ability of these glasses to limit the ingress of either ultra-violet or infra-red rays of light.

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